Full Text of HB0207 102nd General Assembly
HB0207ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. LaToya Greenwood Filed: 3/16/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 207
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 207 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Health Finance Reform Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 4-4 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 2215/4-4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6504-4)
| 7 | | Sec. 4-4.
(a) Hospitals shall make available to | 8 | | prospective patients
information on the normal charge incurred | 9 | | for any procedure or operation
the prospective patient is | 10 | | considering.
| 11 | | (b) The Department of Public Health shall require | 12 | | hospitals
to post , either by physical or electronic means, in | 13 | | prominent letters, in letters no more than one inch in height | 14 | | the established charges for
services, where applicable, | 15 | | including but not limited to the hospital's private
room | 16 | | charge, semi-private room charge, charge for a room with 3 or |
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| 1 | | more beds,
intensive care room charges, emergency room charge, | 2 | | operating room charge,
electrocardiogram charge, anesthesia | 3 | | charge, chest x-ray charge, blood sugar
charge, blood | 4 | | chemistry charge, tissue exam charge, blood typing charge and | 5 | | Rh
factor charge. The definitions of each charge to be posted | 6 | | shall be determined
by the Department.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 92-597, eff. 7-1-02.)
| 8 | | Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by | 9 | | changing Sections 6, 6.14c, 10.10, and 11.5 as follows:
| 10 | | (210 ILCS 85/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 147)
| 11 | | Sec. 6.
(a) Upon receipt of an application for a permit to | 12 | | establish
a hospital the Director shall issue a permit if he | 13 | | finds (1) that the
applicant is fit, willing, and able to | 14 | | provide a proper standard of
hospital service for the | 15 | | community with particular regard to the
qualification, | 16 | | background, and character of the applicant, (2) that the
| 17 | | financial resources available to the applicant demonstrate an | 18 | | ability to
construct, maintain, and operate a hospital in | 19 | | accordance with the
standards, rules, and regulations adopted | 20 | | pursuant to this Act, and (3)
that safeguards are provided | 21 | | which assure hospital operation and
maintenance consistent | 22 | | with the public interest having particular regard
to safe, | 23 | | adequate, and efficient hospital facilities and services.
| 24 | | The Director may request the cooperation of county and
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| 1 | | multiple-county health departments, municipal boards of | 2 | | health, and
other governmental and non-governmental agencies | 3 | | in obtaining
information and in conducting investigations | 4 | | relating to such
applications.
| 5 | | A permit to establish a hospital shall be valid only for | 6 | | the premises
and person named in the application for such | 7 | | permit and shall not be
transferable or assignable.
| 8 | | In the event the Director issues a permit to establish a | 9 | | hospital the
applicant shall thereafter submit plans and | 10 | | specifications to the
Department in accordance with Section 8 | 11 | | of this Act.
| 12 | | (b) Upon receipt of an application for license to open, | 13 | | conduct,
operate, and maintain a hospital, the Director shall | 14 | | issue a license if
he finds the applicant and the hospital | 15 | | facilities comply with
standards, rules, and regulations | 16 | | promulgated under this Act. A license,
unless sooner suspended | 17 | | or revoked, shall be renewable annually upon
approval by the | 18 | | Department and payment of a license fee as established | 19 | | pursuant to Section 5 of this Act. Each license shall be issued | 20 | | only for the
premises and persons named in the application and | 21 | | shall not be
transferable or assignable. Licenses shall be | 22 | | posted , either by physical or electronic means, in a | 23 | | conspicuous
place on the licensed premises. The Department | 24 | | may, either before or
after the issuance of a license, request | 25 | | the cooperation of the State Fire
Marshal, county
and multiple | 26 | | county health departments, or municipal boards of health to
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| 1 | | make investigations to determine if the applicant or licensee | 2 | | is
complying with the minimum standards prescribed by the | 3 | | Department. The
report and recommendations of any such agency | 4 | | shall be in writing and
shall state with particularity its | 5 | | findings with respect to compliance
or noncompliance with such | 6 | | minimum standards, rules, and regulations.
| 7 | | The Director may issue a provisional license to any | 8 | | hospital which
does not substantially comply with the | 9 | | provisions of this Act and the
standards, rules, and | 10 | | regulations promulgated by virtue thereof provided
that he | 11 | | finds that such hospital has undertaken changes and | 12 | | corrections
which upon completion will render the hospital in | 13 | | substantial compliance
with the provisions of this Act, and | 14 | | the standards, rules, and
regulations adopted hereunder, and | 15 | | provided that the health and safety
of the patients of the | 16 | | hospital will be protected during the period for
which such | 17 | | provisional license is issued. The Director shall advise the
| 18 | | licensee of the conditions under which such provisional | 19 | | license is
issued, including the manner in which the hospital | 20 | | facilities fail to
comply with the provisions of the Act, | 21 | | standards, rules, and
regulations, and the time within which | 22 | | the changes and corrections
necessary for such hospital | 23 | | facilities to substantially comply with this
Act, and the | 24 | | standards, rules, and regulations of the Department
relating | 25 | | thereto shall be completed.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 98-683, eff. 6-30-14.)
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| 1 | | (210 ILCS 85/6.14c)
| 2 | | Sec. 6.14c. Posting of information. Every hospital shall | 3 | | conspicuously post , either by physical or electronic means,
| 4 | | for display in an
area of its offices accessible to patients, | 5 | | employees, and visitors the
following:
| 6 | | (1) its current license;
| 7 | | (2) a description, provided by the Department, of | 8 | | complaint
procedures established under this Act and the | 9 | | name, address, and
telephone number of a person authorized | 10 | | by the Department to receive
complaints;
| 11 | | (3) a list of any orders pertaining to the hospital | 12 | | issued by the
Department during the past year and any | 13 | | court orders reviewing such Department
orders issued | 14 | | during the past year; and
| 15 | | (4) a list of the material available for public | 16 | | inspection under
Section 6.14d.
| 17 | | Each hospital shall post, either by physical or electronic | 18 | | means, in each facility that has an emergency room, a notice in | 19 | | a conspicuous location in the emergency room with information | 20 | | about how to enroll in health insurance through the Illinois | 21 | | health insurance marketplace in accordance with Sections 1311 | 22 | | and 1321 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care | 23 | | Act. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 101-117, eff. 1-1-20 .)
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| 1 | | (210 ILCS 85/10.10) | 2 | | Sec. 10.10. Nurse Staffing by Patient Acuity.
| 3 | | (a) Findings. The Legislature finds and declares all of | 4 | | the following: | 5 | | (1) The State of Illinois has a substantial interest | 6 | | in promoting quality care and improving the delivery of | 7 | | health care services. | 8 | | (2) Evidence-based studies have shown that the basic | 9 | | principles of staffing in the acute care setting should be | 10 | | based on the complexity of patients' care needs aligned | 11 | | with available nursing skills to promote quality patient | 12 | | care consistent with professional nursing standards. | 13 | | (3) Compliance with this Section promotes an | 14 | | organizational climate that values registered nurses' | 15 | | input in meeting the health care needs of hospital | 16 | | patients. | 17 | | (b) Definitions. As used in this Section: | 18 | | "Acuity model" means an assessment tool selected and | 19 | | implemented by a hospital, as recommended by a nursing care | 20 | | committee, that assesses the complexity of patient care needs | 21 | | requiring professional nursing care and skills and aligns | 22 | | patient care needs and nursing skills consistent with | 23 | | professional nursing standards. | 24 | | "Department" means the Department of Public Health. | 25 | | "Direct patient care" means care provided by a registered | 26 | | professional nurse with direct responsibility to oversee or |
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| 1 | | carry out medical regimens or nursing care for one or more | 2 | | patients. | 3 | | "Nursing care committee" means an existing or newly | 4 | | created hospital-wide committee or committees of nurses whose | 5 | | functions, in part or in whole, contribute to the development, | 6 | | recommendation, and review of the hospital's nurse staffing | 7 | | plan established pursuant to subsection (d). | 8 | | "Registered professional nurse" means a person licensed as | 9 | | a Registered Nurse under the Nurse
Practice Act. | 10 | | "Written staffing plan for nursing care services" means a | 11 | | written plan for guiding the assignment of patient care | 12 | | nursing staff based on multiple nurse and patient | 13 | | considerations that yield minimum staffing levels for | 14 | | inpatient care units and the adopted acuity model aligning | 15 | | patient care needs with nursing skills required for quality | 16 | | patient care consistent with professional nursing standards. | 17 | | (c) Written staffing plan. | 18 | | (1) Every hospital shall implement a written | 19 | | hospital-wide staffing plan, recommended by a nursing care | 20 | | committee or committees, that provides for minimum direct | 21 | | care professional registered nurse-to-patient staffing | 22 | | needs for each inpatient care unit. The written | 23 | | hospital-wide staffing plan shall include, but need not be | 24 | | limited to, the following considerations: | 25 | | (A) The complexity of complete care, assessment on | 26 | | patient admission, volume of patient admissions, |
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| 1 | | discharges and transfers, evaluation of the progress | 2 | | of a patient's problems, ongoing physical assessments, | 3 | | planning for a patient's discharge, assessment after a | 4 | | change in patient condition, and assessment of the | 5 | | need for patient referrals. | 6 | | (B) The complexity of clinical professional | 7 | | nursing judgment needed to design and implement a | 8 | | patient's nursing care plan, the need for specialized | 9 | | equipment and technology, the skill mix of other | 10 | | personnel providing or supporting direct patient care, | 11 | | and involvement in quality improvement activities, | 12 | | professional preparation, and experience. | 13 | | (C) Patient acuity and the number of patients for | 14 | | whom care is being provided. | 15 | | (D) The ongoing assessments of a unit's patient | 16 | | acuity levels and nursing staff needed shall be | 17 | | routinely made by the unit nurse manager or his or her | 18 | | designee. | 19 | | (E) The identification of additional registered | 20 | | nurses available for direct patient care when | 21 | | patients' unexpected needs exceed the planned workload | 22 | | for direct care staff. | 23 | | (2) In order to provide staffing flexibility to meet | 24 | | patient needs, every hospital shall identify an acuity | 25 | | model for adjusting the staffing plan for each inpatient | 26 | | care unit. |
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| 1 | | (3) The written staffing plan shall be posted , either | 2 | | by physical or electronic means, in a conspicuous and | 3 | | accessible location for both patients and direct care | 4 | | staff, as required under the Hospital Report Card Act. A | 5 | | copy of the written staffing plan shall be provided to any | 6 | | member of the general public upon request. | 7 | | (d) Nursing care committee. | 8 | | (1) Every hospital shall have a nursing care | 9 | | committee. A hospital shall appoint members of a committee | 10 | | whereby at least 50% of the members are registered | 11 | | professional nurses providing direct patient care. | 12 | | (2) A nursing care committee's recommendations must be | 13 | | given significant regard and weight in the hospital's | 14 | | adoption and implementation of a written staffing plan.
| 15 | | (3) A nursing care committee or committees shall | 16 | | recommend a written staffing plan for the hospital based | 17 | | on the principles from the staffing components set forth | 18 | | in subsection (c). In particular, a committee or | 19 | | committees shall provide input and feedback on the | 20 | | following: | 21 | | (A) Selection, implementation, and evaluation of | 22 | | minimum staffing levels for inpatient care units. | 23 | | (B) Selection, implementation, and evaluation of | 24 | | an acuity model to provide staffing flexibility that | 25 | | aligns changing patient acuity with nursing skills | 26 | | required. |
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| 1 | | (C) Selection, implementation, and evaluation of a | 2 | | written staffing plan incorporating the items | 3 | | described in subdivisions (c)(1) and (c)(2) of this | 4 | | Section. | 5 | | (D) Review the following: nurse-to-patient | 6 | | staffing guidelines for all inpatient areas; and | 7 | | current acuity tools and measures in use. | 8 | | (4) A nursing care committee must address the items | 9 | | described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph | 10 | | (3) semi-annually. | 11 | | (e) Nothing in this Section 10.10 shall be construed to | 12 | | limit, alter, or modify any of the terms, conditions, or | 13 | | provisions of a collective bargaining agreement entered into | 14 | | by the hospital.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 97-423, eff. 1-1-12; | 16 | | 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.) | 17 | | (210 ILCS 85/11.5)
| 18 | | Sec. 11.5. Uniform standards of obstetrical care | 19 | | regardless of
ability to pay. | 20 | | (a) No hospital may promulgate policies or implement | 21 | | practices that determine
differing standards of obstetrical | 22 | | care based upon a patient's source of
payment or ability
to pay | 23 | | for medical services.
| 24 | | (b) Each hospital shall develop a written policy statement | 25 | | reflecting the
requirements of subsection (a) and shall post , |
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| 1 | | either by physical or electronic means, written notices of | 2 | | this policy in
the obstetrical admitting areas of the hospital | 3 | | by July 1, 2004. Notices
posted pursuant to this Section shall | 4 | | be posted in the predominant language or
languages spoken in | 5 | | the hospital's service area.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 93-981, eff. 8-23-04.) | 7 | | Section 15. The Language Assistance Services Act is | 8 | | amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
| 9 | | (210 ILCS 87/15)
| 10 | | Sec. 15. Language assistance services. | 11 | | (a) To ensure access to
health care information and | 12 | | services for
limited-English-speaking or non-English-speaking | 13 | | residents and deaf residents,
a health facility must do the | 14 | | following:
| 15 | | (1) Adopt and review annually a policy for providing | 16 | | language assistance
services to patients with language or | 17 | | communication barriers. The policy shall
include | 18 | | procedures for providing, to the extent possible as | 19 | | determined by the
facility, the use of an interpreter | 20 | | whenever a language or communication
barrier
exists, | 21 | | except where the patient, after being informed of the | 22 | | availability of
the interpreter service, chooses to use a | 23 | | family member or friend who
volunteers to interpret. The | 24 | | procedures shall be designed to maximize
efficient use of |
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| 1 | | interpreters and minimize delays in providing interpreters | 2 | | to
patients. The procedures shall insure, to the extent | 3 | | possible as determined
by the facility, that
interpreters | 4 | | are available, either on the premises or accessible by | 5 | | telephone,
24 hours a day. The facility shall annually | 6 | | transmit to the Department of
Public Health a
copy of the | 7 | | updated policy and shall include a description of the | 8 | | facility's
efforts to
insure adequate and speedy | 9 | | communication between patients with language or
| 10 | | communication barriers and staff.
| 11 | | (2) Develop, and post , either by physical or | 12 | | electronic means, in conspicuous locations, notices that | 13 | | advise patients
and their families of the availability of | 14 | | interpreters, the procedure for
obtaining an interpreter, | 15 | | and the telephone numbers to call for filing
complaints | 16 | | concerning interpreter service problems, including, but | 17 | | not limited
to, a
TTY number for persons who are deaf or | 18 | | hard of hearing. The notices shall be posted, at a
| 19 | | minimum, in the emergency room, the admitting area, the | 20 | | facility entrance, and
the
outpatient area. Notices shall | 21 | | inform patients that interpreter services are
available on | 22 | | request, shall list the languages most commonly | 23 | | encountered at the facility for which interpreter services
| 24 | | are available, and shall instruct patients to direct | 25 | | complaints regarding
interpreter services to the | 26 | | Department of Public Health, including the
telephone
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| 1 | | numbers to call for that purpose.
| 2 | | (3) Notify the facility's employees of the language | 3 | | services available at the facility and train them on how | 4 | | to make those language services available to patients.
| 5 | | (b) In addition, a health facility may do one or more of | 6 | | the following: | 7 | | (1) Identify and record a patient's primary language | 8 | | and dialect on one or more of the following: a patient | 9 | | medical chart, hospital bracelet, bedside notice, or | 10 | | nursing card. | 11 | | (2) Prepare and maintain, as needed, a list of | 12 | | interpreters who have been identified as proficient in | 13 | | sign language according to the Interpreter for the Deaf | 14 | | Licensure Act of 2007 and a list of the languages of the | 15 | | population of the geographical area served by the | 16 | | facility.
| 17 | | (3) Review all standardized written forms, waivers, | 18 | | documents, and
informational materials available to | 19 | | patients on admission to determine which
to translate into | 20 | | languages other than English.
| 21 | | (4) Consider providing its nonbilingual staff with | 22 | | standardized picture and
phrase sheets for use in routine | 23 | | communications with patients who have language
or | 24 | | communication barriers.
| 25 | | (5) Develop community liaison groups to enable the | 26 | | facility and the
limited-English-speaking, |
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| 1 | | non-English-speaking, and deaf communities to ensure
the | 2 | | adequacy of the
interpreter services.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
| 4 | | Section 20. The Fair Patient Billing Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 15 as follows: | 6 | | (210 ILCS 88/15)
| 7 | | Sec. 15. Patient notification. | 8 | | (a) Each hospital shall post a sign with the following | 9 | | notice: | 10 | |
"You may be eligible for financial assistance under | 11 | | the terms and conditions the hospital offers to qualified | 12 | | patients. For more information contact [hospital financial | 13 | | assistance representative]". | 14 | | (b) The sign under subsection (a) shall be posted , either | 15 | | by physical or electronic means, conspicuously in the | 16 | | admission and registration areas of the hospital. | 17 | | (c) The sign shall be in English, and in any other language | 18 | | that is the primary language of at least 5% of the patients | 19 | | served by the hospital annually. | 20 | | (d) Each hospital that has a website must post a notice in | 21 | | a prominent place on its website that financial assistance is | 22 | | available at the hospital, a description of the financial | 23 | | assistance application process, and a copy of the financial | 24 | | assistance application. |
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| 1 | | (e) Within 180 days after the effective date of this | 2 | | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, each Each | 3 | | hospital must make available information regarding financial | 4 | | assistance from the hospital in the form of either a brochure, | 5 | | an application for financial assistance, or other written or | 6 | | electronic material in the emergency room, material in the | 7 | | hospital admission , or registration area.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 94-885, eff. 1-1-07.) | 9 | | Section 25. The Health Care Violence Prevention Act is | 10 | | amended by changing Section 15 as follows: | 11 | | (210 ILCS 160/15)
| 12 | | Sec. 15. Workplace safety. | 13 | | (a) A health care worker who contacts law enforcement or | 14 | | files a report with law enforcement against a patient or | 15 | | individual because of workplace violence shall provide notice | 16 | | to management of the health care provider by which he or she is | 17 | | employed within 3 days after contacting law enforcement or | 18 | | filing the report. | 19 | | (b) No management of a health care provider may discourage | 20 | | a health care worker from exercising his or her right to | 21 | | contact law enforcement or file a report with law enforcement | 22 | | because of workplace violence. | 23 | | (c) A health care provider that employs a health care | 24 | | worker shall display a notice , either by physical or |
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| 1 | | electronic means, stating that verbal aggression will not be | 2 | | tolerated and physical assault will be reported to law | 3 | | enforcement. | 4 | | (d) The health care provider shall offer immediate | 5 | | post-incident services for a health care worker directly | 6 | | involved in a workplace violence incident caused by patients | 7 | | or their visitors, including acute treatment and access to | 8 | | psychological evaluation.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1051, eff. 1-1-19 .) | 10 | | Section 30. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by | 11 | | changing Sections 3.4 and 5.2 as follows: | 12 | | (410 ILCS 50/3.4) | 13 | | Sec. 3.4. Rights of women; pregnancy and childbirth. | 14 | | (a) In addition to any other right provided under this | 15 | | Act, every woman has the following rights with regard to | 16 | | pregnancy and childbirth: | 17 | | (1) The right to receive health care before, during, | 18 | | and after pregnancy and childbirth. | 19 | | (2) The right to receive care for her and her infant | 20 | | that is consistent with generally accepted medical | 21 | | standards. | 22 | | (3) The right to choose a certified nurse midwife or | 23 | | physician as her maternity care professional. | 24 | | (4) The right to choose her birth setting from the |
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| 1 | | full range of birthing options available in her community. | 2 | | (5) The right to leave her maternity care professional | 3 | | and select another if she becomes dissatisfied with her | 4 | | care, except as otherwise provided by law. | 5 | | (6) The right to receive information about the names | 6 | | of those health care professionals involved in her care. | 7 | | (7) The right to privacy and confidentiality of | 8 | | records, except as provided by law. | 9 | | (8) The right to receive information concerning her | 10 | | condition and proposed treatment, including methods of | 11 | | relieving pain. | 12 | | (9) The right to accept or refuse any treatment, to | 13 | | the extent medically possible. | 14 | | (10) The right to be informed if her caregivers wish | 15 | | to enroll her or her infant in a research study in | 16 | | accordance with Section 3.1 of this Act. | 17 | | (11) The right to access her medical records in | 18 | | accordance with Section 8-2001 of the Code of Civil | 19 | | Procedure. | 20 | | (12) The right to receive information in a language in | 21 | | which she can communicate in accordance with federal law. | 22 | | (13) The right to receive emotional and physical | 23 | | support during labor and birth. | 24 | | (14) The right to freedom of movement during labor and | 25 | | to give birth in the position of her choice, within | 26 | | generally accepted medical standards. |
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| 1 | | (15) The right to contact with her newborn, except | 2 | | where necessary care must be provided to the mother or | 3 | | infant. | 4 | | (16) The right to receive information about | 5 | | breastfeeding. | 6 | | (17) The right to decide collaboratively with | 7 | | caregivers when she and her baby will leave the birth site | 8 | | for home, based on their conditions and circumstances. | 9 | | (18) The right to be treated with respect at all times | 10 | | before, during, and after pregnancy by her health care | 11 | | professionals. | 12 | | (19) The right of each patient, regardless of source | 13 | | of payment, to examine and receive a reasonable | 14 | | explanation of her total bill for services rendered by her | 15 | | maternity care professional or health care provider, | 16 | | including itemized charges for specific services received. | 17 | | Each maternity care professional or health care provider | 18 | | shall be responsible only for a reasonable explanation of | 19 | | those specific services provided by the maternity care | 20 | | professional or health care provider. | 21 | | (b) The Department of Public Health, Department of | 22 | | Healthcare and Family Services, Department of Children and | 23 | | Family Services, and Department of Human Services shall post , | 24 | | either by physical or electronic means, information about | 25 | | these rights on their publicly available websites. Every | 26 | | health care provider, day care center licensed under the Child |
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| 1 | | Care Act of 1969, Head Start, and community center shall post | 2 | | information about these rights in a prominent place and on | 3 | | their websites, if applicable. | 4 | | (c) The Department of Public Health shall adopt rules to | 5 | | implement this Section. | 6 | | (d) Nothing in this Section or any rules adopted under | 7 | | subsection (c) shall be construed to require a physician, | 8 | | health care professional, hospital, hospital affiliate, or | 9 | | health care provider to provide care inconsistent with | 10 | | generally accepted medical standards or available capabilities | 11 | | or resources.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 101-445, eff. 1-1-20 .) | 13 | | (410 ILCS 50/5.2)
| 14 | | Sec. 5.2. Emergency room anti-discrimination notice. Every | 15 | | hospital shall post , either by physical or electronic means, a | 16 | | sign next to or in close proximity of its sign required by | 17 | | Section 489.20 (q)(1) of Title 42 of the Code of Federal | 18 | | Regulations stating the following: | 19 | | "You have the right not to be discriminated against by the | 20 | | hospital due to your race, color, or national origin if these | 21 | | characteristics are unrelated to your diagnosis or treatment. | 22 | | If you believe this right has been violated, please call | 23 | | (insert number for hospital grievance officer).".
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 97-485, eff. 8-22-11.) |
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| 1 | | Section 35. The Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act is | 2 | | amended by changing Section 22 as follows: | 3 | | (325 ILCS 2/22) | 4 | | Sec. 22. Signs. Every hospital, fire station, emergency | 5 | | medical facility, and police station that is required to | 6 | | accept a relinquished newborn infant in accordance with this | 7 | | Act must post , either by physical or electronic means, a sign | 8 | | in a conspicuous place on the exterior of the building housing | 9 | | the facility informing persons that a newborn infant may be | 10 | | relinquished at the facility in accordance with this Act. The | 11 | | Department shall prescribe specifications for the signs and | 12 | | for their placement that will ensure statewide uniformity. | 13 | | This Section does not apply to a hospital, fire station, | 14 | | emergency medical facility, or police station that has a sign | 15 | | that is consistent with the requirements of this Section that | 16 | | is posted on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 17 | | 95th General Assembly.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 95-275, eff. 8-17-07.) | 19 | | Section 40. The Crime Victims Compensation Act is amended | 20 | | by changing Section 5.1 as follows:
| 21 | | (740 ILCS 45/5.1) (from Ch. 70, par. 75.1)
| 22 | | Sec. 5.1.
(a) Every hospital licensed under the laws of | 23 | | this State shall
display prominently in its emergency room |
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| 1 | | posters giving notification of
the existence and general | 2 | | provisions of this Act. The posters may be displayed by | 3 | | physical or electronic means. Such posters shall be
provided | 4 | | by the Attorney General.
| 5 | | (b) Any law enforcement agency that investigates an | 6 | | offense committed
in this State shall inform the victim of the | 7 | | offense or his dependents concerning
the availability of an | 8 | | award of compensation and advise such persons that
any | 9 | | information concerning this Act and the filing of a claim may | 10 | | be obtained
from the office of the Attorney General.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 81-1013.)
| 12 | | Section 45. The Human Trafficking Resource Center Notice | 13 | | Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and 10 as follows: | 14 | | (775 ILCS 50/5) | 15 | | Sec. 5. Posted notice required. | 16 | | (a) Each of the following businesses and other | 17 | | establishments shall, upon the availability of the model | 18 | | notice described in Section 15 of this Act, post a notice that | 19 | | complies with the requirements of this Act in a conspicuous | 20 | | place near the public entrance of the establishment or in | 21 | | another conspicuous location in clear view of the public and | 22 | | employees where similar notices are customarily posted: | 23 | | (1) On premise consumption retailer licensees under | 24 | | the Liquor Control Act of 1934 where the sale of alcoholic |
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| 1 | | liquor is the principal
business carried on by the | 2 | | licensee at the premises and primary to the
sale of food. | 3 | | (2) Adult entertainment facilities, as defined in | 4 | | Section 5-1097.5 of the Counties Code. | 5 | | (3) Primary airports, as defined in Section 47102(16) | 6 | | of Title 49 of the United States Code. | 7 | | (4) Intercity passenger rail or light rail stations. | 8 | | (5) Bus stations. | 9 | | (6) Truck stops. For purposes of this Act, "truck | 10 | | stop" means a privately-owned and operated facility that | 11 | | provides food, fuel, shower or other sanitary facilities, | 12 | | and lawful overnight truck parking. | 13 | | (7) Emergency rooms within general acute care | 14 | | hospitals , in which case the notice may be posted by | 15 | | electronic means . | 16 | | (8) Urgent care centers , in which case the notice may | 17 | | be posted by electronic means . | 18 | | (9) Farm labor contractors. For purposes of this Act, | 19 | | "farm labor contractor" means: (i) any person who for a | 20 | | fee or other valuable consideration recruits, supplies, or | 21 | | hires, or transports in connection therewith, into or | 22 | | within the State, any farmworker not of the contractor's | 23 | | immediate family to work for, or under the direction, | 24 | | supervision, or control of, a third person; or (ii) any | 25 | | person who for a fee or other valuable consideration | 26 | | recruits, supplies, or hires, or transports in connection |
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| 1 | | therewith, into or within the State, any farmworker not of | 2 | | the contractor's immediate family, and who for a fee or | 3 | | other valuable consideration directs, supervises, or | 4 | | controls all or any part of the work of the farmworker or | 5 | | who disburses wages to the farmworker. However, "farm | 6 | | labor contractor" does not include full-time regular | 7 | | employees of food processing companies when the employees | 8 | | are engaged in recruiting for the companies if those | 9 | | employees are not compensated according to the number of | 10 | | farmworkers they recruit. | 11 | | (10) Privately-operated job recruitment centers. | 12 | | (11) Massage establishments. As used in this Act, | 13 | | "massage establishment" means a place of business in which | 14 | | any method of massage therapy is administered or practiced | 15 | | for compensation. "Massage establishment" does not | 16 | | include: an establishment at which persons licensed under | 17 | | the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Illinois Physical | 18 | | Therapy Act, or the Naprapathic Practice Act engage in | 19 | | practice under one of those Acts; a business owned by a | 20 | | sole licensed massage therapist; or a cosmetology or | 21 | | esthetics salon registered under the Barber, Cosmetology, | 22 | | Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. | 23 | | (b) The Department of Transportation shall, upon the | 24 | | availability of the model notice described in Section 15 of | 25 | | this Act, post a notice that complies with the requirements of | 26 | | this Act in a conspicuous place near the public entrance of |
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| 1 | | each roadside rest area or in another conspicuous location in | 2 | | clear view of the public and employees where similar notices | 3 | | are customarily posted.
| 4 | | (c) The owner of a hotel or motel shall, upon the | 5 | | availability of the model notice described in Section 15 of | 6 | | this Act, post a notice that complies with the requirements of | 7 | | this Act in a conspicuous and accessible place in or about the | 8 | | premises in clear view of the employees where similar notices | 9 | | are customarily posted. | 10 | | (d) The organizer of a public gathering or special event | 11 | | that is conducted on property open to the public and requires | 12 | | the issuance of a permit from the unit of local government | 13 | | shall post a notice that complies with the requirements of | 14 | | this Act in a conspicuous and accessible place in or about the | 15 | | premises in clear view of the public and employees where | 16 | | similar notices are customarily posted. | 17 | | (e) The administrator of a public or private elementary | 18 | | school or public or private secondary school shall post a | 19 | | printout of the downloadable notice provided by the Department | 20 | | of Human Services under Section 15 that complies with the | 21 | | requirements of this Act in a conspicuous and accessible place | 22 | | chosen by the administrator in the administrative office or | 23 | | another location in view of school employees. School districts | 24 | | and personnel are not subject to the penalties provided under | 25 | | subsection (a) of Section 20. | 26 | | (f) The owner of an establishment registered under the |
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| 1 | | Tattoo and Body Piercing Establishment Registration Act shall | 2 | | post a notice that complies with the requirements of this Act | 3 | | in a conspicuous and accessible place in clear view of | 4 | | establishment employees. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 99-99, eff. 1-1-16; 99-565, eff. 7-1-17; | 6 | | 100-671, eff. 1-1-19 .) | 7 | | (775 ILCS 50/10)
| 8 | | Sec. 10. Form of posted notice. | 9 | | (a) The notice required under this Act shall be at least 8 | 10 | | 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size, written in a 16-point font , | 11 | | except that when the notice is provided by electronic means | 12 | | the size of the notice and font shall not be required to comply | 13 | | with these specifications , and shall state the following: | 14 | | "If you or someone you know is being forced to engage in any | 15 | | activity and cannot leave, whether it is commercial sex, | 16 | | housework, farm work, construction, factory, retail, or | 17 | | restaurant work, or any other activity, call the National | 18 | | Human Trafficking Resource Center at 1-888-373-7888 to access | 19 | | help and services. | 20 | | Victims of slavery and human trafficking are protected under | 21 | | United States and Illinois law.
The hotline is: | 22 | | * Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. | 23 | | * Toll-free. |
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| 1 | | * Operated by nonprofit nongovernmental organizations. | 2 | | * Anonymous and confidential. | 3 | | * Accessible in more than 160 languages. | 4 | | * Able to provide help, referral to services, | 5 | | training, and general information.". | 6 | | (b) The notice shall be printed in English, Spanish, and | 7 | | in one other language that is the most widely spoken language | 8 | | in the county where the establishment is located and for which | 9 | | translation is mandated by the federal Voting Rights Act, as | 10 | | applicable. This subsection does not require a business or | 11 | | other establishment in a county where a language other than | 12 | | English or Spanish is the most widely spoken language to print | 13 | | the notice in more than one language in addition to English and | 14 | | Spanish.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 99-99, eff. 1-1-16 .)".
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